Elijah Benedict

	Born	30 June 1821	Elgin County, Ontario
	Died	11 March 1889
	Married	23 April 1851	Maria (Hannah) Willson at Southwold Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario

Parents of Elijah

• Father: Charles Benedict, Sr.
• Mother: Mary Burwell

Children:

1. Marinda Benedict; b. July 3, 1852; d. Aug 20, 1855 at age of three; at Southwold Twp., Elgin Co., Buried Fingal, Elgin Co., Ontario
2. Charles James Benedict; b. 1854; d. 1946
3. Mary Jane Benedict; b. Dec. 31, 1856,on parents farm. resided last 25 years with her niece, Mrs Mabel Dewar, London, Ont. Member, Rowntree Memorial Church. She died Sept. 27, 1957 at St. Thomas, Ontario, buried Fingle, Elgin Co., Ontario.

Elijah's Parents

Elijah's Early Years

Elijah and Maria

The Final Years for Elijah

Footnotes

Census of 1861

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Person	Occupation	Birthplace	Religion	Age	Sex	Status	District	Page
BENEDICT, Elijah	Yeoman	Connecticut	Baptist	40	M	married	- -	29
Maria	none	Connecticut	W. Meth.	48	29	married	- -	29
Charles	Laborer	Canada West	W. Meth.	7	M	single	- -	29
Jane	none	Canada West	W. Meth.	5	F	Single	- -	29

- 1861 Census for Southwold Twp, Elgin Co., Ontario; available at Woodstock Library; Woodstock, Ontario.

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-- DonaldElliott - 10 May 2006